2005β06 Los Angeles Kings | |
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Division | 4th Pacific |
Conference | 10th Western |
2005β06 record | 42β35β5 |
Home record | 26β14β1 |
Road record | 16β21β4 |
Goals for | 249 |
Goals against | 270 |
Team information | |
General manager | Dave Taylor |
Coach |
Andy Murray (Oct-Mar) John Torchetti (interim) (Mar/Apr) |
Captain |
Mattias Norstrom Luc Robitaille (One game) |
Alternate captains |
Craig Conroy Aaron Miller Mattias Norstrom (One game) Luc Robitaille Jeremy Roenick |
Arena | Staples Center |
Average attendance | 17,821 |
Minor league affiliate(s) |
Manchester Monarchs Reading Royals |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Michael Cammalleri (26) |
Assists | Lubomir Visnovsky (50) |
Points | Lubomir Visnovsky (67) |
Penalty minutes | Sean Avery (257) |
Plus/minus | Pavol Demitra (+21) |
Wins | Mathieu Garon (31) |
Goals against average | Jason LaBarbera (2.89) |
The 2005β06 Los Angeles Kings season was the 39th season (38th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. It began with wholesale changes, as during the off-season the Kings acquired centers Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick to help solidify their offense, as well as goaltender Jason LaBarbera.
The changes appeared to pay off, as the Kings stormed out to a 15β6β1 record, and first place in the division. The team, however, collapsed, winning only 27 of their remaining 60 games, finishing fourth in the Pacific Division, and out of the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Head Coach Andy Murray was fired for their final 12 games with John Torchetti taking over, despite the team finishing with an impressive 42 wins.
The Kings finished the regular season with the most power play opportunities, tying the Phoenix Coyotes with 541. They also finished 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 78.73%. [1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 2 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 53 | 23 | 6 | 265 | 218 | 112 |
2 | 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 266 | 242 | 99 |
3 | 6 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 254 | 229 | 98 |
4 | 10 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 249 | 270 | 89 |
5 | 12 | Phoenix Coyotes | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 246 | 271 | 81 |
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P- Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 58 | 16 | 8 | 305 | 209 | 124 |
2 | Y- Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 53 | 23 | 6 | 265 | 218 | 112 |
3 | Y- Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 46 | 25 | 11 | 218 | 200 | 103 |
4 | X- Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 259 | 227 | 106 |
5 | X- San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 266 | 242 | 99 |
6 | X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PA | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 254 | 229 | 98 |
7 | X- Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 283 | 257 | 95 |
8 | X- Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 256 | 251 | 95 |
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9 | Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 256 | 255 | 92 |
8 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 249 | 270 | 89 |
11 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 38 | 36 | 8 | 231 | 215 | 84 |
12 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 38 | 39 | 5 | 246 | 271 | 81 |
13 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 35 | 43 | 4 | 223 | 279 | 74 |
14 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 211 | 285 | 65 |
15 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 21 | 46 | 15 | 197 | 292 | 57 |
Divisions: CE β Central, PA β Pacific, NW β Northwest
P β Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y β Clinched Division; X β Clinched Playoff spot
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October: 8β4β0 (home: 6β3β0; road: 2β1β0)
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November: 8β5β1 (home: 4β1β0; road: 4β4β1)
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December: 9β5β1 (home: 3β2β0; road: 6β3β1)
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January: 5β7β2 (home: 4β3β1; road: 1β4β1)
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February: 2β2β1 (home: 2β0β0; road: 0β2β1)
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March: 6β8β0 (home: 4β3β0; road: 2β5β0)
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April: 4β4β0 (home: 3β2β0; road: 1β2β0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
17 | Lubomir Visnovsky | D | 80 | 17 | 50 | 67 | 7 | 50 |
22 | Craig Conroy | C | 78 | 22 | 44 | 66 | 13 | 78 |
38 | Pavol Demitra | LW | 58 | 25 | 37 | 62 | 21 | 42 |
13 | Michael Cammalleri | C | 80 | 26 | 29 | 55 | β14 | 50 |
24 | Alexander Frolov | LW | 69 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 17 | 40 |
7 | Derek Armstrong | C | 62 | 13 | 28 | 41 | β2 | 46 |
6 | Joe Corvo | D | 81 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 16 | 38 |
19 | Sean Avery | C | 75 | 15 | 24 | 39 | β5 | 257 |
25 | Eric Belanger | C | 65 | 17 | 20 | 37 | β5 | 62 |
23 | Dustin Brown | LW | 79 | 14 | 14 | 28 | β10 | 80 |
14 | Mattias Norstrom | D | 77 | 4 | 23 | 27 | β3 | 58 |
20 | Luc Robitaille | LW | 65 | 15 | 9 | 24 | β6 | 52 |
97 | Jeremy Roenick | C | 58 | 9 | 13 | 22 | β5 | 36 |
29 | Tom Kostopoulos | RW | 76 | 8 | 14 | 22 | β8 | 100 |
42 | Tim Gleason | D | 78 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 77 |
10 | Nathan Dempsey | D | 53 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 48 |
15 | Jeff Cowan | LW | 46 | 8 | 1 | 9 | β8 | 73 |
43 | Mike Weaver | D | 53 | 0 | 9 | 9 | β3 | 14 |
37 | Mark Parrishβ | RW | 19 | 5 | 3 | 8 | β9 | 4 |
3 | Aaron Miller | D | 56 | 0 | 8 | 8 | β6 | 27 |
53 | Jeff Giuliano | LW | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
57 | George Parros | RW | 55 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 138 |
31 | Mathieu Garon | G | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
37 | Denis Grebeshkovβ‘ | D | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | β4 | 12 |
48 | Petr Kanko | RW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
35 | Jason LaBarbera | G | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
9 | Konstantin Pushkarev | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Matt Ryan | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β4 | 2 |
5 | Brent Sopelβ | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | β4 | 6 |
77 | Ken Belangerβ‘ | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 7 |
39 | Noah Clarke | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Ryan Flinn | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
45 | Adam Hauser | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
56 | Connor Jamesβ | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 0 |
2 | Richard Petiot | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β2 | 2 |
51 | Jeff Tambelliniβ‘ | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β1 | 2 |
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
31 | Mathieu Garon | 63 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 1738 | 185 | 3.22 | .894 | 4 | 3446 |
35 | Jason LaBarbera | 29 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 688 | 69 | 2.89 | .900 | 1 | 1433 |
45 | Adam Hauser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 7.06 | .750 | 0 | 51 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Defensive Player of the Month | Mathieu Garon (December) | [5] |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Craig Conroy (October 24) | [6] | |
Team | Ace Bailey Memorial Award | Mattias Norstrom | [7] |
Bill Libby Memorial Award | Lubomir Visnovsky | [7] | |
Defensive Player | Mattias Norstrom | [7] | |
Jim Fox Community Service | Jeremy Roenick | [7] | |
Leading Scorer | Lubomir Visnovsky | [7] | |
Mark Bavis Memorial Award | Pavol Demitra | [7] | |
Most Popular Player | Luc Robitaille | [7] | |
Outstanding Defenseman | Lubomir Visnovsky | [7] | |
Unsung Hero | Craig Conroy | [7] |
The Kings were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004β05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. [8]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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August 4, 2005 | To Los Angeles Kings Jeremy Roenick Nashvilleβs 3rd-round pick in 2006 |
To
Philadelphia Flyers Future considerations |
[9] |
August 12, 2005 | To Los Angeles Kings Future considerations |
To
Washington Capitals Rights to Bryan Muir |
[10] |
March 8, 2006 | To Los Angeles Kings Mark Parrish Brent Sopel |
To
New York Islanders Denis Grebeshkov Jeff Tambellini Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2006 [a] |
[11] |
March 9, 2006 | To Los Angeles Kings Tim Jackman |
To
Phoenix Coyotes Yanick Lehoux |
[12] |
April 21, 2006 [b] | To Los Angeles Kings Dean Lombardi |
To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2006 |
[13] [14] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 1, 2005 | Tom Kostopoulos | Manchester Monarchs ( AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [15] |
August 2, 2005 | Pavol Demitra | HK Dukla Trencin ( Slovakia) | 3-year | Free agency | [16] |
Jason LaBarbera | New York Rangers | 2-year | Free agency | [16] | |
August 10, 2005 | Marty Wilford | Chicago Blackhawks | 2-year | Free agency | [17] |
August 12, 2005 | Valeri Bure | Dallas Stars | 1-year | Free agency | [18] |
Jeff Giuliano | Manchester Monarchs (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [19] | |
August 15, 2005 | Brad Fast | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
August 17, 2005 | Shay Stephenson | IF Sundsvall ( Allsvenskan) | 3-year | Free agency | [21] [22] |
August 24, 2005 | Joey Mormina | Colgate University ( ECAC) | 3-year | Free agency | [23] |
September 30, 2005 | Ken Belanger | Adirondack Frostbite ( UHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
November 25, 2005 | Yanick Lehoux | Phoenix Coyotes | Waivers | [25] | |
January 4, 2006 | Connor James | Manchester Monarchs (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
April 12, 2006 | Peter Harrold | Boston College ( HE) | 3-year | Free agency | [27] |
Date | Player | New team | Via [c] | Ref |
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April 28, 2005 | Esa Pirnes | Espoo Blues ( Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
July 8, 2005 | Jason Holland | ERC Ingolstadt ( DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
August 2, 2005 | Martin Straka | New York Rangers | Free agency (III) | [31] |
August 4, 2005 | Chris Schmidt | DEG Metro Stars (DEL) | Free agency (VI) | [32] |
August 8, 2005 | Scott Barney | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (UFA) | [33] |
August 10, 2005 | Joe Rullier | New York Rangers | Free agency (VI) | [34] |
August 16, 2005 | Roman Cechmanek | HC Energie Karlovy Vary ( ELH) | Free agency (III) | [35] |
August 22, 2005 | Stephane Quintal | Retirement (III) | [36] | |
September 7, 2005 | Yanick Lehoux | Geneve-Servette HC ( NLA) | Free agency (II) [d] | [37] |
September 12, 2005 | Trent Klatt | Retirement | [38] | |
November 5, 2005 | Yanick Lehoux | Phoenix Coyotes | Waivers | [25] |
November 14, 2005 | Ken Belanger | Retirement | [39] | |
April 10, 2006 | Luc Robitaille | Retirement [e] | [40] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 25, 2005 | Luc Robitaille | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] |
July 28, 2005 | Ryan Munce | 3-year | Entry-level | [42] |
Mike Weaver | 1-year | Option exercised | [42] | |
July 29, 2005 | Ryan Flinn | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
August 8, 2005 | Eric Belanger | 1-year | Re-signing | [44] |
August 10, 2005 | Michael Cammalleri | 1-year | Re-signing | [17] |
Adam Hauser | 1-year | Re-signing | [17] | |
August 11, 2005 | Noah Clarke | 2-year | Re-signing | [45] |
Yutaka Fukufuji | 2-year | Entry-level | [46] | |
Richard Petiot | 2-year | Entry-level | [47] | |
August 12, 2005 | Alexander Frolov | 5-year | Re-signing | [48] |
George Parros | 2-year | Re-signing | [49] | |
August 15, 2005 | Joe Corvo | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] |
Jeff Tambellini | multi-year | Entry-level | [51] | |
August 16, 2005 | Dany Roussin | multi-year | Entry-level | [52] |
August 23, 2005 | Lauri Tukonen | multi-year | Entry-level | [53] |
September 6, 2005 | Anze Kopitar | multi-year | Entry-level | [54] [55] |
November 3, 2005 | Yanick Lehoux | Re-signing | [25] | |
March 6, 2006 | Mattias Norstrom | 2-year | Extension | [56] |
June 1, 2006 | Ned Lukacevic | multi-year | Entry-level | [57] |
Danny Taylor | multi-year | Entry-level | [57] |
Los Angeles's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 2005.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 11 | Anze Kopitar | Slovenia | Sodertalje SK (Sweden) |
2 | 50 | Dany Roussin | Canada | Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) |
2 | 60 | T. J. Fast | Canada | Tri-City Americans (WHL) |
3 | 72 | Jonathan Quick | United States | Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT) |
5 | 139 | Patrik Hersley | Sweden | Malmo Redhawks Jr. (Sweden) |
6 | 184 | Ryan McGinnis | United States | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) |
7 | 206 | Josh Meyers | United States | Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) |
7 | 226 | John Seymour | Canada | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
The Kings signed forward Shay Stephenson, 21, to a multi-year, entry-level contract.
08-Jul-05: NHL lockout: Signed with the ERC Ingolstadt of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
04-Aug-05: Signed with the Dusseldorfer EG of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
16-Aug-05: Signed with the HC Karlovy Vary of the Czech Extraleague.
Le GSHC est heureux de vous annoncer la signature d'un contrat avec Yannick Lehoux
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Agreed to terms with LW Luc Robitaille on a one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Agreed to terms with C Eric Belanger on a one-year contract.
LOS ANGELES KINGS--Agreed to terms with C Anze Kopitar.